Poster Project at 50 Trinity – Ellen Berkenblit

In her piece, Poster Project at 50 Trinity, Ellen Berkenblit presents a series of six new ink and graphite drawings which have been enlarged and printed on a vinyl banner to cover the construction barricade at Trinity Place and Rector Street. Blown up to nearly 7 feet high, these images allow one to be immersed in the elegance of Berkenblit's lines and brushstrokes and to glimpse the intricacies of her graphite underdrawings. Featuring the graceful female protagonist who frequently appears in Berkenblit's work along with some of her signature animals, the drawings are sequenced and repeated, like the stills in a black and white silent film from the 1920's.